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J. T. MOORE. TELEPHONE HOLDER.

Patented June 7,1898.

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. scribed in Letters Patent of the United States lhvi'rnn STATES ATENT 1 Erica, 4

JElllElrT. MOORE, ,OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TOHARRY L. JENKINS, OF SAME PLACE.

TELEPHONE-HOLDER.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,294, aatauune 7, 1898.

Application filed August 24, 1897.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EHIEL T. MOORE, of the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone- Holders, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to means for holding the telephone-receiver of a telephone instrument; and the object of the invention is to provide a device by which the receiver will be permanently held and in which the receiver may be swung down to a position opposite the ear of the person using the telephone instrument and will be held in such position by pressure against it, leaving both hands of the user free. In order to accomplish this result, it is necessary to provide some means for closing the telephone-switch when the receiver is in use and for returning'the same whenthe receiver is free; and the further object of this invention is to provide simple means connecting the receiver-holder with the telephone-switch, and, further, to provide simple means for automatically returning or raising the receiver when it is freed.

The specific object of my invention is to improve and perfect the device shown and de- No. 426,717, granted to me September 16, 1890.

My invention consists generally in the combination of an arm or bracket adapted to be secured upon a telephone instrument, with a lever pivoted upon said arm or bracket and provided with a clasp or like device to hold the telephone-receiver, a counterweight upon the opposite end of said lever, and suitable the connection is made between the same and the switch of the telephone instrument.

My invention further consists in particular constructions and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.'

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in whicl1-- Figure 1 is a side view of a telephone instrument provided with a telephone-holder Serial No. 649,302. (No model.)

embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 illustrates the use of the switch connection as employed with a plunger-switch.

In the drawings I have shown my device attached to and supported upon the transmitterboX 2' of the telephone instrument but it is Obvious th'atbya slight modification in the form of the supporting arm or plate the device could be attached to any other part of the instrument or to the wall upon which it is secured. f

3 represents the gravity switch-hook, which is pressed upwardly by aspring in magneto bok 4,and 5 represents the telephone-receiver,

connected with the binding-posts Giupon the instrument by a flexible cord 6',

No part of the telephone instrument need be in any way altered to accommodate my de vice. ably secured upon the transmitter-box 2 by a wire clip 8, and the arm portion thereof is provided with=a stop 9 for the lever 10, pivoted at 11 on the end of the arm or bracket 7.

The lever 10 has a clasp 12 on its upper or outer end. This clasp is preferably swiveled in the end of the lever and is adapted to hold the telephone-receiver 5. The lower end 13 of the lever is enlarged to form a weight large enoughto counterbalance the weight of the telephone-receiver, so that when the receiver is freed or released the lever will immediately assume a vertical position, raising the telephone-receiver and thereby, through the cord or attachment 14, pull down the telephonehook 3 and complete the line connections through the telephone bell and magneto.

As the weights of telephone-receivers vary somewhat, I prefer to make the lower enlarged end of the lever hollow to receive enough shot 0 14 or other heavy material to j ustcounterbal- The hollow bulb is provided with a hole 15 and a plug 16, so that the shot may be easily removed from or placed in the bulb.

As persons of varying heights will draw the receiver down to different points and as telephone instruments vary somewhat in their dimensions, I prefer to arrange a small spring 17 in the connection 14 between the lower end The arm, plate, or bracket 7 is prefer- 7o of the pivoted lever and the telephone-hook, so that no nice adjustment of the length of thestring or cord need be made.

My device is adapted for employment in connection with any of the well-known telephone-switches. This fact I have indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in which represents the bar of a plunger-switch. The cord 14: is carried over a small pulley 21 and is connected to the end of the plunger 20. In devices of this class the hook simply carries the weight of the receiver, and the sidewise pres sure of the receiveroperates the switch.

No means for holding the telephone-receiver at any desired height need be provided, as the lever is nearly balanced, and the slight pressure of the ear and head against the telephone-receiver will hold the same in place. On the other hand, when the person steps away from the telephone the holder will immediately be lifted and the telephone-hook drawn down, so that the instrument is always left in condition to receive a call.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, of a pivotallysupported lever, having a balance-weight on one end and a telephone-receiver clasp on the other end, with a telephone-switch-operatin g connection, substantially as described.

2. The combination, of a plate, arm, or

bracket, with a lever pivoted thereon, one end of said lever being provided with a weight to counterbalance atelephone-receiver on the opposite end of said lever, whereby when said receiver is freed, the same will be lifted au-' toinatically, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the support, with a lever pivoted to swing freely thereon, said lever having a clasp, or holder, on one end for a telephone-receiver, and having a weightholder on its opposite end and a telephoneswitch connection, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a plate, arm, or bracket, provided with a lever-stop, of a lever pivoted upon said bracket, said lever having a telephone-receiver, clasp, or holder, upon its outer end, and having an adjustable weight upon its inner end, and, a telephone-switch connection upon said inner end of the lever, substantially as described.

5. The combination, of a plate, arm, or bracket, with a lever pivoted thereon, a receiver-clasp upon the outer end of said lever, a hollow weight-holder upon the inner end of said lever, and a yielding or adjustable switch connection, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of August, A. D. 1897.

' JEHIEL T. MOORE.

In presence of G. G. HAWLEY, H. L. JENKINS. 

